Rick Sutton of Indiana Equality speaks Aug. 13, 2012, at City Market before an Indianapolis City-County Council meeting.

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After recent federal decisions allowed same-sex couples to file federal tax returns jointly starting next year, Indiana will leave it up to them to figure out how to individually file their state tax returns.

Indiana has been among states grappling with how same-sex couples should handle state tax returns that are based heavily on the federal form.

The Indiana Department of Revenue will require each member of a same-sex couple to file a single-filer state tax return. But officials stopped short of creating a tax worksheet to help married same-sex couples recalculate their joint income ...